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From: Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Totally OT: Colliding blocks that compute pi
Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 23:41:01 +0800
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On 04-May-25 11:35 pm, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> Sylvia Else wrote:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo
> 
> But WHY does it compute pi in base ten?
> 
> 
Because the right hand mass is increased by a factor of 10^2 each time. 
If it were increased, say, by a factor of 9^2, then the digits would be 
of Pi in base 9.

Sylvia.